Lombard

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Alternative forms

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  • giuen (Modern orthography)
  • giuin (Modern orthography)

Etymology

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From Latin iuvenem, juvenem, accusative of iuvenis (compare Catalan jove, French jeune, Galician xove, Italian giovane, Portuguese jovem, Spanish joven), from Proto-Italic *juwenis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gioven m (feminine singular giovena, masculine (and Western feminine) plural gioven, Eastern feminine plural giovene) (Classical Milanese orthography)

  1. young, youthful
    Antonyms: vegg, madur, anzian
    I mè fradei hinn gioven.My brothers are young.

Noun

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gioven m (feminine singular giovena, masculine (and Western feminine) plural gioven, Eastern feminine plural giovene) (Classical Milanese orthography)

  1. a youth
  2. a young man

References

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  • Francesco Cherubini, Vocabolario milanese-italiano, Volume 2, 1843, p. 228

Romansch

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Adjective

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gioven m (feminine singular giovna, masculine plural giovens, feminine plural giovnas)

  1. (Surmiran) Alternative form of giuven (young)

Noun

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gioven m (plural giovens; feminine giovna, plural giovnas)

  1. (Surmiran) Alternative form of giuven (boy, youth, young man)